Eugene Robinson (journalist)

Eugene Harold Robinson (born 1955) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist and former assistant managing editor for The Washington Post. His columns are syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group. Robinson is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Robinson is a Board Member at the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).^[1]

Biography

Early years

Robinson was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina where he attended Orangeburg Wilkinson High School. He attended the University of Michigan, where he wrote for the school newspaper, the Michigan Daily.

Career

In 1976, he began his journalism career at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he covered the trial of publishing heiress Patty Hearst. He joined the Washington Post in 1980 and worked his way up through the ranks, starting as a city hall reporter. He then became assistant city editor, city editor, South America correspondent, London bureau chief, foreign editor, and, most recently, assistant managing editor. He began writing opinion columns for the paper in 2005.

Robinson appears frequently on MSNBC as a political analyst on shows such as Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Morning Joe, The Rachel Maddow Show and Hardball with Chris Matthews.

Robinson was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in recognition of his columns during the 2008 presidential campaign.^[2]

Robinson is generally regarded as having a liberal bias possibly stemming from the newspapers he has been associated with along with his own personal perspective. He is highly critical of conservative politicians and conservative policy while normally defending mainstream liberal policy and philosophy.

Robinson has often appeared as a panelist on the public affairs program Meet the Press.

Personal life

Robinson lives with his wife, Avis, and two sons in Arlington, Virginia.

Bibliography

• Robinson, Eugene (1999). Coal to Cream: A Black Man’s Journey Beyond Color to an Affirmation of Race (First ed.). New York: Free Press. ISBN 0684857227. 
• Robinson, Eugene (2004). Last Dance in Havana: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution (First ed.). New York: Free Press. ISBN 0743246225. 
• Robinson, Eugene (2010). Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America (First ed.). New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0385526547. 

References

1. ^ IWMF website http://www.iwmf.org/staff.aspx
2. ^ Howard Kurtz (April 20, 2009). "Post's Robinson Wins Commentary Pulitzer". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042001981.html. 

External links

• Biography at Washington Post Writers Group
• Washington Post columns archive
• Booknotes interview with Robinson on Coal to Cream: A Black Man's Journey Beyond Color to an Affirmation of Race, November 7, 1999.